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Groove Conformance

Ryan W

I have a Vokey Design, Spin Milled (SM4 with white SM logo), 54-11 wedge (with BV logo). I have no idea how old it is or if it conforms to the USGA groove rules. I checked on the USGA conformance website but could not locate the wedge out of the 600+ Titleist wedges that are there. I also tried looking up the serial number (3700642) online with no luck. Any guidance here would be appreciated.

4 Replies

Doug E

April 18, 2017 at 5:53pm

SM4 is within the rules. I think they were released in 2011 or 2012. 2009 Spin Milled were the last wedges Vokey made that will be no longer be conforming for amateurs in 2020 (I think). In the meantime, the 2009 are conforming for most amateur events and posted rounds. However, they have not been conforming for pros since 2010.

JCaldwell

April 19, 2017 at 7:36am

Titleist archives for SM4 shows conforming.www.titleist.com/.../spin-milled-sm4
Unless your playing a PGA/Web.com event they don't enforce that rule. One popular commercial mini tour wasn't using grove rules until 2018 I believe.

JCaldwell

April 19, 2017 at 8:32am

Why do these responses never show up when I'm reading these threads? Doug E's post shows a response yesterday. As of 7:36am EST there wasn't one. Not the first time either.

Mike D., Team Titleist Manager

April 19, 2017 at 9:52am

JCaldwell

April 19, 2017 at 8:32am

Why do these responses never show up when I'm reading these threads? Doug E's post shows a response yesterday. As of 7:36am EST there wasn't one. Not the first time either.

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